The .exe extension on a filename indicates an executable file. Executable files may, in some cases, harm your computer. Therefore, please read below to decide for yourself whether the ApplicationUpdater.exe on your computer is a Trojan that you should remove, or whether it is a file belonging to the Windows operating system or to a trusted application.
Description:ApplicationUpdater.exe is not essential for Windows and will often cause problems. ApplicationUpdater.exe is located in a subfolder of "C:\Program Files (x86)"—e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Application Updater\.
Known file sizes on Windows 10/11/7 are 807,800 bytes (23% of all occurrences), 748,440 bytes and 31 more variants.
The process is a background process, and the service name is Application Updater: Automatically downloads and installs application updates.
The program is not visible. The ApplicationUpdater.exe file is not a Windows system file. The program can be uninstalled in the Control Panel. The file is digitally signed. The ApplicationUpdater.exe file is a Verisign signed file.
ApplicationUpdater.exe is able to monitor applications.
Therefore the technical security rating is 22% dangerous, but you should also take into account the user reviews.
Uninstalling this variant:
It is possible to completely remove Application Updater Service or IObit Apps Toolbar (Control Panel ⇒ Uninstall a Program) or use the software publisher's support site.
Important: Some malware also uses the file name ApplicationUpdater.exe, for example not-a-virus:HEUR:WebToolbar.Win64.Spigot.gen or not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.jhjn (detected by Kaspersky), and PUA:Win32/Spigot (detected by Microsoft). Therefore, you should check the ApplicationUpdater.exe process on your PC to see if it is a threat. If Application Updater has changed your browser's search engine and start page, you can recover your browser's default settings as follows:
In Internet Explorer, press the key combination Alt + X to open the Tools menu.
Click Internet options.
Click the Advanced tab.
Click the Reset... button.
Enable the Delete personal settings option.
This will reset your Internet Explorer to its default settings. Your browser will start with the familiar start page and search engine—without popups, ads, cookies, but all browser add-ons are deleted too
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Make cleaning up your browser and your computer simpler and safer with Security Task Manager.
Copy chrome://settings/resetProfileSettings into your Chrome browser's address bar.
Click Reset.
Chrome will then restart with an empty start page and with Google as the default search engine—without any popups, ads, cookies, themes or extensions
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If you want to re-enable some extensions, please enter chrome://extensions/ into your Chrome browser's address bar.
Make cleaning up your browser and your computer simpler and safer with Security Task Manager.
Copy about:support into your Firefox browser's address bar.
Click Refresh Firefox.
Firefox now looks brand new. Bookmarks and saved passwords are retained, but all browser extensions and their related data are deleted
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Make cleaning up your browser and your computer simpler and safer with Security Task Manager.
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User Comments
ApplicationUpdater.exe was installed on my system when I installed YouTube Downloader Toolbar. After removing YouTube Downloader Toolbar through Control Panel, both YouTube Downloader Toolbar and Application Updater were removed successfully. Your results may vary. John Cargill (further information)
Scheint zu Spigot (spyware) zu gehören, da sich hinter pdfforge bzw. Dealio eben Spigot verbirgt. Quelle siehe Link. BW (further information)
Some of the info above is inaccurate. The YTD Toolbar is not YouTube Downloader, it is from Spigot and is malware.
hat ständig probleme gemacht i-net langsam absturz usw. gordon
Summary: Average user rating of ApplicationUpdater.exe:
based on 6 votes with 5 user comments.
One user thinks ApplicationUpdater.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application.
One user thinks it's neither essential nor dangerous.
2 users suspect danger.
2 users think ApplicationUpdater.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it.
2 users don't grade ApplicationUpdater.exe ("not sure about it").
Best practices for resolving ApplicationUpdater issues
A clean and tidy computer is the key requirement for avoiding problems with ApplicationUpdater. This means running a scan for malware, cleaning your hard drive using 1cleanmgr and 2sfc /scannow, 3uninstalling programs that you no longer need, checking for Autostart programs (using 4msconfig) and enabling Windows' 5Automatic Update. Always remember to perform periodic backups, or at least to set restore points.
Should you experience an actual problem, try to recall the last thing you did, or the last thing you installed before the problem appeared for the first time. Use the 6resmon command to identify the processes that are causing your problem. Even for serious problems, rather than reinstalling Windows, you are better off repairing of your installation or executing the 7DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth command. This allows you to repair the operating system without losing data.
To get your computer running as fast as it did on day one, you can 8reset your PC. Your personal files will remain intact, but any programs you installed will need to be reinstalled.
To help you analyze the ApplicationUpdater.exe process on your computer, the following programs have proven to be helpful: ASecurity Task Manager displays all running Windows tasks, including embedded hidden processes, such as keyboard and browser monitoring or Autostart entries. A unique security risk rating indicates the likelihood of the process being potential spyware, malware or a Trojan. A good Bantivirus software detects and removes sleeping spyware, adware, Trojans, keyloggers, malware and trackers from your hard drive.
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User Comments
John Cargill (further information)
BW (further information)
Gleb (further information)
gordon
Summary: Average user rating of ApplicationUpdater.exe: based on 6 votes with 5 user comments. One user thinks ApplicationUpdater.exe is essential for Windows or an installed application. One user thinks it's neither essential nor dangerous. 2 users suspect danger. 2 users think ApplicationUpdater.exe is dangerous and recommend removing it. 2 users don't grade ApplicationUpdater.exe ("not sure about it").